Kato must write 60 percent of a 20-page report by tomorrow. Kato wants to determine the number of pages that he needs to write by tomorrow. Kato’s work is shown below. Step 1: Write 60 percent as a ratio. part/whole = 60/100
Step 2: Write an equivalent ratio that has the answer in the numerator and 20 in the denominator.
Step 3: 100 divided by 20 = 5
Step 4: 60(5) = 180

What mistake did Kato make?
In Step 1, Kato should have written the ratio as 100/60.
In Step 2, Kato should have put 20 in the numerator.
In Step 3, Kato should have multiplied 100 by 5.
In Step 4, Kato should have divided 60 by 5.